Advanced Female Age

As women age, the chance of having a healthy baby decreases. This is partly due to the fact that aging ovaries have fewer eggs to release. The eggs are also aging with time, which may affect the egg quality. Compared with a younger woman, it is more likely that an older woman's eggs are unable to go through the normal cell division that results in a healthy, thriving embryo. She is less likely to get pregnant, more likely to have a baby with abnormal chromosomes, and more likely to miscarry even if the developing fetus has normal chromosomes.

The following human reproduction circumstances may qualify you for participation:

• Advanced maternal age
• Poor ovarian response to prior ovarian stimulation
• Age - inadequate response to prior stimulation
• Multiple failed in vitro fertilization (IVF) cycles
• Immunological disease

Treatment:

As a participant in the RGI/IHR Infertility Program, your treatment will be individualized to your special circumstances. We are proud to have become known as the "program of last resort." Even some of our human reproduction competitors refer their poor prognosis patients to RGI. They know that we will give them a chance to realize their dream of having a child.

Treatment Value:

Some fertility centers do not accept patients who for any number of reasons are considered to be a poor risk to conceive. We aren't sure why other infertility clinics won't try to help with such fertility problems. We strongly believe that the well-informed couple, who fully recognizes their low chance of conception but still wishes to conceive, is entitled to receive their desired treatments.

Next Step:

If you have questions about infertility and advanced maternal age, or about prematurely aging ovaries, please send us an Online Inquiry so we can learn more about you and your situation.